Thankyou so very much for sharing !! Love it. Am on my second beanie. Using a variety of yarn, just perfect. This pattern gave me confidence to keep making hats. The children at school will love them , the colours plus it will help to keep them warm. Thankyou for your generosity.

I knitted this hat in the round on circular needles. It was much faster and then you do not have to finish a seam. I finished the top using double pointed needles (dpn’s) to decrease the stitches . Once the last row is finished, cut the yarn about 20 ” long, thread a yarn needle and pull through all stitches left on the knitting needles. Pull securely to close the gap at the top of the hat. Weave the tail of this yarn through the wrong side stitches. Super easy. Made these for a charity project.

I have made this pattern any number of times with all colors: solids, stripes, ombres, whatever as chemo caps. As long as the yarn is soft and washable it will do. Color choices will make the difference for male or female. Patients sleep in the chemo caps rather than in scarves or wigs, and that is the reason for the softness and the washability. I then donate the caps to the local hospital or Gilda’s Club. Keeps my hands busy and uses up my bits and pieces of yarn.

When I first started knitting this was the first pattern I ever used, I’ve now made three beanies using this pattern and will continue to make more. I love it! I use 5mm needles and 8ply yarn and it comes out perfect!

I use thicker yarn (bulky or super bulky) with size 13 needles. Cast on 40 stitches and total length is closer to 9 inches tall. It’s so fast and I love that I don’t need circular needles. Everyone in my family got a hat for Christmas this year! Thanks so much for this!

I used size 8 needles and followed the directions exactly. Hat is perfect for my son-in-law. For my granddaughter I used size 8 needles, cast on 66 stitches and started decreasing after 6 inches. Made a 5-petal flower with a cute button in the center and sewed it slightly off-center in front. Adorable! Just finishing a striped one like the picture for my other son-in-law. Thank you for this easy knitted hat pattern.

I’m totally confused…the pattern I’m looking at says K1 P1 ribbing. What is everybody else looking at that indicates K2 P2 K2? The photo with this pattern also clearly shows K1 P1 ribbing. It also says to use size 9 needles – but I see others talking about size 10, size 8.

I began doing what the pattern said, but it didn’t seem right , the ribbing was not looking like it should. So I tried it vice -versa p1 k1 till I made the six rows and the ribbing is like it should be.

If you look at the date when the knitters were talking about k2 p2 in the pattern , it was last year they had revised this pattern because whom ever wrote this pattern had too many errors with it ! Hope that helps !

If you google Basic child knitted Beanie , there is a child basic pattern on Craftbits.com . The patterns is for 3-9 years old using size 10 straight needles with worsted weight yarn and casting on 60 sts. I would recommend reading the comments that people wrote who actually finished that pattern! Hope that helps !

I’m new to knitting too & need some help with how to get the stitches on the yarn needle & how to whip stitch it together. Any advice would be great as I’m so close to finishing my first knitted hat!! Thanks v much!

You can google, How to remove a hat by Kelly Dolan . She shows you in the easiest way to put your finished hat on a yarn needle . She also has videos to sew up a hat as well !! Very simple, easy to understand ! That’s how I learned to finish my first hat too ! Hope this helps

If you use 4 worsted weight yarn , with size 8 straight needles , using 74 stitches it should work out fine. I used red heart with love yarn which made my finished hat fit my head size 21 in a half and my mothers head size which is smaller. I hope that helps!

Bit confused….pattern calls for size 9 and above info on gauge calls for size 8. If you get a chance, I would also like the gauge as I’ve started it and don’t know if it will fit…Thanks so much – love the finished beanie!`

The problem with trying patterns on a site is that every knitter has different tension when they knit ( some knit tighter stitches than others ) and it tends to throw off the gauge . I’m a tighter knitted so I went down a size needle. If you used a size 9 or 8 needle you can’t go wrong with a beanie hat . It’s better for that hat to be a little loose than too tight! Just make sure your careful on how long you make the hat . With the hat still on the needle , measure it against your own head and then you can decide how long you need to make it ! Hope that helps !

I just finished making this basic adult beanie hat using worsted weight yarn size 10 needles casting on 72 stitches ( because I started with 74 but the k2 p2 across the row didn’t end with a p2 ) following the directions until hat is 10″ . It came out horrible !! Too big and awful ! I made baby hat – no problem ! I would not go with this pattern ! I will look for another pattern to make!!

I did cast 74 stitches and followed the pattern going across as follows k2 p2 across the first row and you do end on a k2 stitch! I read the reviews and SLOWLY followed it and that’s what it came out to. I’m going to start again with only 72 stitches so that the pattern will come out right.

If you do it as Amanda says… you do alter what the patterns says because you will have 2 K2 next to each other and it doesn’t say that in the pattern.. so if you do follow as the patterns says you will not end on a P2 with 74 sts

If you do it as Amanda says… you do alter what the patterns says because you will have 2 K2 next to each other and it doesn’t say that in the pattern.. so if you do follow as the patterns says you will not end on a P2 with 74 sts

I am sorry to disagree with you on the adjusting part. I just plotted it out and you DO need to make an adjustment of 2 stitches. If you count the K2, P2, K2 as 6 and then time by 12 you do end right, however, your next set would be P2, K2, P2 and end at stitch 72 as a P2. You need to be able to make the count divisible by 4. K2, P2 times 18 equals 72 stitches to end correctly with P2. I do love this pattern. Thanks for putting in out available for us to use.

If you do this pattern the way it is written, it is K2 P2 K2 (12 times) which leaves 2 stitches. The pattern states to make the last 2 stitches P2. This pattern is basically done in the round, in that each “row” starts with K2 P2 K2. It is not a continuous thing. EVERY row (rows 1 through 6) starts with K2 P2 K2 and ends with P2. If you do it the way I just said to, it follows the pattern. No adjustments need to be made, no adding or subtracting stitches.

To end a k2p2 row with p2, you need to co stitches at a number divisible by 4, which 74 isn’t. In order to make it work, you need to add or subtract 2 stitches. When I did it, I co 72 stitches and it worked fine. I am unsure why the original pattern says to co 74 when it also specifies ending with p2. Very confusing.

No, you do 12 sets of K2 P2 K2 (total of 72 stitches), which leaves 2 stitches. Those last 2 stitches are P2. Trust me, I did it (and undid it) so many times I wanted to set it on fire lol. I called my Mom, she did a row and it came out wrong too. She asked me to read the instructions to her, then read them again. I was doing (as I assume everyone was) K2 P2 through the row. It’s K2 P2 K2, 12 times, which leaves 2 stitches for P2, for a total of 74 stitches.

If you guys are having so much trouble with the last 2 stitches.. just knit them or purl them.. or go back to knit one, purl one ribbing.. sometimes you just have to adjust ….not all patterns are perfect.. so you fix them. I have many patterns that I have adjusted for what I need them for and it works for me…

I knitted this pattern, I used 76 stitches for it to come out at the end of the row p2. The length of the hat from ribbing to end of 10 inches is to long. It makes the hat to big. Will try another one and cut down the length to 7 or 8 inches. It is a very easy pattern to do and I really like it, and will change some of the stitches to make it fit. Thanks

Thank you sissy, I couldn’t figure out how to end with a p2 for the life of me with the 74 stitches. so is 76 stitches to long also? would you have cut back to 72 for instance? any help would be appreciated. Peggy

When you go to almost the bottom just below the red box that says subscribe in red it says knitting patterns. Click on this and the bluish hat is near the bottom. Just keep scrolling. That is where I found it.

Is this pattern the same as the purple hat shown on the initial page? only the pattern looks different, but when you click on pattern it brings you to this one. Hope this makes sense, but the pattern initially shown before you get here, looks a different pattern. Anyone help please.

have now knitted about a dozen of these plain and striped and it is the easiest pattern you could hope for. six rows of ribbing then stocking stitch ie 1 row knit 1 row plain.. I just caste on 2 extra stitches. very adaptable pattern.

Yes, easy. But for those of us not-so-experienced knitters, it would be helpful if the instructions could be changed to read “Cast on 76 stitches.” It would have saved me time. As it was I had to pull everything off, cast the stitches on again and re-do the row.

Okay don’t be stupid everyone. This is a good pattern. And if you can’t follow it then maybe you need a little more practice. It tells you what exactly to do for every row. Just simply follow it. That’s all.

I am fairly new to knitting and this hat looks great! I could really use some further direction on the decrease pattern there. Does that mean I’m knitting two together across the entire row or does that mean I am knitting two stitches together then finishing the row like normal? If someone could help me out that’d be great!

easy as. knit two together all across row to decrease then purl back then knit two together across next row should have about 18 stitches left to thread wool through. have made lots of these always look great especially in stripes. Mix the size of stripes up for added interest

Actual pattern:
Row 1 k2 p2
Row 2 k
Row 3 p
Knitting this pattern for 10 inches before you start to decrease makes the hat way too big.
How do you start the decrease with the corrected pattern? Please help!! This is my fourth attempt.

Can someone clarify the pattern before I start this project? I am a member of Project Linus and knit blankets but I would like to make these beanies with my left over stash for other charities. Thanks for the great website!

I really enjoyed this pattern except I had to add two stitches in order to end with P2. The 2tog was easy except I miss read the instructions and did a row of 2tog and purl until I only had two stitches left then pulled the yarn through it. My hubby did not know I made a mistake and thought my hat was a work of art! 🙂

I can’t wait to start making bunches of them to hand out in these trying times! thanks!!!